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Jets sign Tucker Poolman

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By Zach Laing

Mar 30, 2017, 13:11 EDTUpdated: Mar 30, 2017, 13:26 EDT

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Brad Elliott Schlossman

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Expecting UND defenseman Tucker Poolman to sign with Winnipeg tonight.

4:49 PM · Mar 30, 2017

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Schlossman was first on the news, with TSN’s Gary Lawless later confirming the deal.

According to Lawless, the deal is a one-year ELC for $1.775 million (salary and bonuses) with the contract kicking in next year. He will be a group 2 free agent at the end of his deal, which means he is a RFA with arbitration rights.

His AHL salary will be $70,000.

Poolman just wrapped up his third year with the Fighting Hawks, scoring 20 goals and 52 assists for 72 points in his 118 NCAA games. This past season, he scored a career-high 30 points in 38 games.

The right-shot defenceman was a 2013 5th round selection by the Jets.

From the Free Press:

UND’s top defenceman was playing between 25 and 30 minutes per game and was the fourth-highest scoring blue-liner in the NCHC. He finished the season with seven goals, 30 points, 14 penalty minutes and a plus-18 rating in 38 games.
The 6-4, 217-pound Poolman is a junior with one year of college eligibility remaining. He stayed at UND for the 2016-17 season in order to play with his younger brother Colton, a freshman defenceman with the Fighting Hawks.